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05-04-2021, 11:46 AM | #25 |
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I don't know if CO does emission testing but if not I'd just straight pipe the cat. No way I'd be spending that kind of money on an old Honda Element.
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05-04-2021, 11:47 AM | #26 | |
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Trucks are a major target as the larger engines have bigger cats = more $$. |
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Apparently the Element is extremely popular because a) it's got a high floor, so you can slither under without a jack, b) as an older vehicle, there tends to be more palladium and rhodium used than newer vehicles and c) the cat itself is very easy to get to. |
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CO has Emissions (at least most of the areas near Denver)-- and they follow CA's CARB rules. So, visual inspection, OBD-II reading, tailpipe sniffer and dyno at varying rpms.
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05-04-2021, 02:22 PM | #33 |
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I hope this at least adds some levity to the situation, but here is what you need to get: |
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05-04-2021, 02:26 PM | #34 |
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Tell us more, please. is this an off the shelf product you can weld on or is it custom fit?
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05-04-2021, 02:29 PM | #35 |
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Local PD sponsored 3 shops in teh area to dremel your license plate number and VIN into the CAT, free.
Online comments were "Shop A BUYS those off the street" L O L |
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Damn that sucks, thankfully nothing that is really happening around me. I also remember the craze of people in TX getting their tailgates stolen when I was down there in the early 2000's. Anymore the tailgates lock, and I am sure the manufacturers of cars will come up with something for CATs if they need to.
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The muffler shop wanted to charge me to install a custom welded one, but I ordered one of the Element-specific ones and I'll modify as required to make it fit the (now) aftermarket cat.
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The smarter thieves bring the cat's home, take the material out and smelt it down then sell it that way. 80's BMW's had some fantastic cat's the amount of platinum and palladium that were in em made it worth while to scrap metal em. Before E30 prices went through the roof because of drift tax.
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05-08-2021, 08:21 AM | #42 |
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I'd love to see that shit going on. One twist of the jack handle would...
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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But, the Bad Guys steal the cats and take them to OK, since apparently there's no problem with them selling them there. (Thanks, Oklahoma!) I got the truck fixed-- $1800 and that was a "good deal". Just think of the amount of car parts I could have had for that! Sigh. |
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